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Pronunciation : Blear
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [See Blear, v.]
Definition : 1. Dim or sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes. His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin. Dryden.

2. Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim. Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion. Milton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Blear
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. bleren; cf. Dan. plire to blink, Sw. plira to twinkle, wink, LG. plieren; perh. from the same root as E. blink. See Blink, and cf. Blur.]
Definition : Defn: To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink. That tickling rheums Should ever tease the lungs and blear the sight. Cowper. To blear the eye of, to deceive; to impose upon. [Obs.] Chaucer.

t. [imp. & p. p. Bleared; p. pr. & vb. n. Blearing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913